Just like the Roundhouse eight years ago these three shows were hyped up to be something special but just like eight years ago he does a standard set. I thought there may have been a couple of surprises at such an intimate set of gigs but it seems otherwise. I am still looking forward to tonight though and hope everyone enjoys a great show.

Wonderful show, wonderful theatre. The Sinatra song refuseniks put me in mind of the Judas crowd of fifty plus years ago. Being there to see him perform Stormy Weather and That Old Black Magic was a new Bob delight. He powered through the night, bossing that mic stand and hammering those keys in that utterly certain, relentlessly haphazard way of his.

It amuses me, the way writers like Neil McCormack in his Telegraph review, above, labour the press man's tedious 'joke' that Dylan is, shock/ horror, idiosyncratic and doesn't do things by the supposed rules. Nothing changes in that regard, does it? My Judas analogy, re the negative reaction of certain 'purists' to Dylan's swing era renditions, which admittedly may, in career arc significance terms, be interpreted as comparing the fall of the Berlin Wall to the puncture of a bouncy castle, still holds.

Not sure I agree...but it's just great to read that sort of mainstream reaction. For many of us, myself included, the repetitive setlists over the last few years have taken some of the joy out of seeing or hearing them. Clearly, this isn't so for more casual listeners, who can simply bask in the pleasures of an engaged performer singing songs like Desolation Row...

Having not seen Bob since 2009 (dreadful show at the NIA) last night was a huge improvement especially up to and including Lovesick. Last part of the set was less engaging (current BTW arrangement not for me) but a strong finish with Ballad. Definitely worth the trip, Bob seemed to be much more engaged than 8 years ago. Palladium much better venue than an Enormodome IMO

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